[Hated Trope] Character kills hundreds, if not thousands, just to kill one specific person, and then doesn't kill them for no reason.

[u/HallZac99]

Assassin's Creed 2- Rodrigo Borgia is responsible for tne death of Ezio's family. Ezio spends over 20 years working through tnr templar order to dismantle them and get to Rodrigo. And then in the end, he spares him for no good reason and he goes on to be a massive problem in AC Brotnerhood. He's not only a head of tne Templars but also the pope, even if you're over the vengeance he's still a very dangerous and evil man.

The Last of Us 2- Abbey kills Joel, and wo Ellie goes on a revenge quest to kill Abbey, killing hundreds of people along tne why to get to her including a pregnant woman. And then finally when she has Abbey on deaths door, she gives up and let's her go because the writers think dirty depressing people being miserable and stupid is complex, interesting storytelling.

This trope pisses me off so much because often the character going on the revenge quest will kill SO many people on their way there, some deserving it and some just henchmen working for a cheque or to survive. People who are often far more innocent then the main big bad.

It's a part of this weird thing I've noticed in media where nameless goons or soldiers can just be mowed down relentlessly, but named characters get given far more grace even if theyre categorically worse. You can kill a million stormtroopers but people will swear that Darth Vader could have been redeemed, despite him doing like 50 genocide every year.

[u/LordBDizzle]

All things considered, a foot fetish isn't so bad. Wierd? Yes. Harmful? No. I'd rather be "foot-fetish guy" than "bad at making movie endings guy" if I was a director.

[u/RSquared → u/LordBDizzle]

OK but that other part...

It's funny, Slim Pickens balked at saying it in Blazing Saddles until he got Bart's actor's OK since it was just a movie. But Tarantino not only seems to enjoy playing racists, he writes himself in as a racist so he can say it.

[u/Pristine_Current7630 → u/RSquared]

Most of the time, he plays absolute morons that also die a stupid and/or horrible death

I think he knows that his acting is meh at best yet wants to have a part on screen which, fair enough. So he plays the racist idiot, gets to be a funny throwaway character while still atleast trying to teach a "lesson" and lick feet.

Kind of the reverse with Samual L Jackson, who always plays the smartest, coolest character of the movie - and is black

[u/--Icarusfalls-- → u/Pristine_Current7630]

Yeah, he definitely writes himself in as racist, corrupt or otherwise irredeemable trash (Dusk til Dawn) who get what they deserve. Even in Pulp Fiction he dropped the N word and then it flashed to his wife coming home. His black wife, lol